From: Jamey Cribbs <jcribbs@...>
Date: 2005-08-20T22:07:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Python vs Ruby!

Devin Mullins wrote:

> Jamey Cribbs wrote:
>
>> def select(&select_cond)
>>    result = []
>>    @db.engine.get_recs(self).each do |rec|
>>        result << rec if select_cond.call(rec)      end
>>    return result
>> end  
>
>
> Why not:
> def select
>  result = []
>  @db.engine.get_recs(self).each { |rec| result << rec if yield rec }
>  result
> end
>
> Or if get_recs returns an Enumerable:
> def select(&select_cond)
>  @db.engine.get_recs(self).select(&select_cond)
> end
>
> Or if not:
> def select(&select_cond)  #this is probably not very performant
>  @db.engine.get_recs(self).extend(Enumerable).select(&select_cond)
> end
>
Well, it's like I said in my original post, this was an example of a 
*greatly* simplified #select method in KirbyBase.  In the actual method, 
there's a *lot* more going on.  :-)

Jamey